Rusty Reid – All Through My Days
Rusty Reid’s ‘All Through My Days’ is a feel good love song that comes alive in its wholesome metaphors and pleasing imagery. The artist projects his inner landscape and shows us how love sneaked in and changed it all. The riffs are bare and minimalistic. The chords are warm and uplifting. The vocals are expressive and a lilting joy around every corner. And the lyrics will make you smile. There is a classic rock twist to the track. That old school simplicity and style seeps into some of the verses and the chorus. As you grow into the song, you’ll find yourself lost in its frames and feelings. Its poetry with melody essentially wrapped in a classic rock ethos.
ELDERLY WHITE MAN – THIS SAD AND LONELY CLOWN
Elderly White Man is a Portugal based duo who craft the music out of their life experiences. So you can expect the listening experience to feel authentic, relatable and full of that coveted human quality. Their latest release is ‘THIS SAD AND LONELY CLOWN’, a pop rock track that chronicles the life of a dreamy man. It explores themes like youth, life, dreams, time, failure, and regret. Reflecting on them with storytelling frames and imagery, the duo creates quite the immersive experience. It has a very 80s style with light melodic elements, grounded by deeper rock riffs and basslines. The vocals are diffused across the soundscape, carrying into instrumental moments to create a pleasing thematic resonance that absorbs you.
Citizen Smith – A Lover’s Song
Citizen Smith is a four piece rock band who bring a sense of flow to rock music. Unrestrained by stylistic and genre boundaries, they just go where the song takes them. Where the feeling goes. ‘A Lover’s Song’ is the perfect example of this. Taken from their latest album, ‘Somewhere Between Leaving’, the song is a mellow classic rock track that takes you back to simpler times. With a consistent rhythm, luminous melodies and evocative vocals, they create a melodic sound to flesh the theme out. In many ways, this song is reminiscent of The Smiths. In vocal style, melodic tones and free flowing rhythms. Altogether, it gathers a mood that you cannot shake off easily. It kind of takes you with it and has you coming back for more.
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